How can doctors, nursing professionals and pharmacists work together to improve patientsafety? It begins with communication—talking and learning side-by-side.

For the past two years, the University of Hawai`i Mānoa John A. Burns School ofMedicine (JABSOM) and the UH Mānoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene havebrought their first-year students together each Spring, to learn each other’s perspectives,and how to work better as a team in health care settings.

This year, 25 students from the UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy also willjoin in the daylong session to be held at JABSOM, along with about 50 nursing studentsand 60 MD candidates. Faculty of all three schools will lead discussions.

“The trend in health care is toward interdisciplinary training, with an emphasis onimproving patient safety in health care settings,” said Dr. Roy Magnusson, JABSOMAssociate Dean for Clinical Affairs. “Our partners in health care education throughoutthe UH System are excited to be on the forefront of implementing curriculums whichadvance those goals.”

The location for the training is at JABSOM Kaka`ako, Medical Education Building,Room 315.